Late-stage sinking of plutons

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1099-1102

  Glazner, Allen F ^a   Miller, David M ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

GRANODIORITE; GREAT BASIN; LATE STAGE; LOW DENSITY; NEUTRAL BUOYANCY; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT; PLUTONS; REGIONAL TECTONICS;

CALCITE;

ANTICLINE; CALCITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANODIORITE; MONOCLINE; PLUTON; QUARTZ; WALL ROCK; BUOYANCY; DIORITE; PLUTON SINKING;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031412180     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<1099:LSSOP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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